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name: "Kristian Bruun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kristian-bruun"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 October 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:26:14.043157+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Kristian Bruun

Actor. Born 25 October 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 October 1979, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- **Active:** 2013–2017
- **Also known as:**  Charles Kristian Bonnycastle Bruun , Kris Bruun, 克里斯蒂安·布鲁恩
- **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristian_Bruun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17322908, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2106870/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1309774

## Biography

Kristian Bruun is a Canadian actor. Born Charles Kristian Bonnycastle Bruun on 25 October 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, he is a dual citizen of Canada and Finland.

He trained at Valley Forge Military Academy in Pennsylvania, Queen's University in Ontario (B.A. in drama, 2001) and George Brown Theatre School in Toronto, and has performed on stage across Canada as well as in the United Kingdom and Germany. His screen career began in the early 2000s.

Bruun is best known for his role as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix on the series *Orphan Black* (2013–2017), initially recurring and later a main cast member. Other television roles include Constable Slugger Jackson on *Murdoch Mysteries* (2012–2017) and Janus Ferber on *The Recruit* (2022–).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), Fi1m 75, as Doctor — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *Orphan Black* (2013), Fi1m 74, as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix — [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)

## Complete filmography (53)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Halfway Haunted* (2025), as Ghost
- *The Girl Who Escaped: The Kara Robinson Story* (2023), as Richard Evonitz
- *The Recruit* (2022), series, as Janus Ferber
- *Slash/Back* (2022), as Tony Konk
- *Family Law* (2021), series, as Dr. Doug Peterson
- *Crashing Through the Snow* (2021), as Jeff Randall
- *The Mortal Decree* (2021), as With Fists
- *Eat Wheaties!* (2020), as Burke
- *Snowpiercer* (2020), series, as Whiggins
- *An Assortment of Christmas Tales in No Particular Order* (2019), as Benson
- *Deep Six* (2019), series, as Carl
- *Tammy's Always Dying* (2019), as Jamie
- *Ready or Not* (2019), as Fitch
- *Departure* (2019), series, as Hoffman
- *Samanthology* (2019), as David
- *Home in Time* (2019), as Young Felix
- *Hudson & Rex* (2019), series, as Vern Matheson
- *Christmas Cupcakes* (2018), as Andrew Sanderson
- *Red Rover* (2018), as Damon
- *A Shoe Addict's Christmas* (2018), as Alex Fulton
- *Deep Space* (2018), as Carl Mandala
- *The Rookie* (2018), series, as Boyd Taylor
- *Impulse* (2018), series, as Sheldon Gibson
- *Carter* (2018), series, as Dave Leigh
- *Mary Goes Round* (2018), as Officer Wayne
- *The Go-Getters* (2018), as Kevin
- *A Deadly View* (2018), as Peter
- *The Definites* (2017), as Charlie
- *The Handmaid's Tale* (2017), series, as Doctor — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-handmaids-tale.md)
- *First Round Down* (2017), as Winston
- *Country Crush* (2017), as Barney
- *Once Upon a Murdoch Christmas* (2016), as Constable Jackson
- *3-Way (Not Calling)* (2016), as Kevin
- *The Girlfriend Experience* (2016), series, as Client #2
- *11.22.63* (2016), series, as Dr. Jones
- *A Merry Murdoch Christmas* (2015), as Constable Jackson
- *Night Cries* (2015), as David
- *Regression* (2015), as Andrew
- *Con Man* (2015), series, as Boom Dude
- *Treatment* (2015), as Mr. Samson
- *How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town* (2015), as Seth Parsons
- *Let's Rap* (2015), as Stefano Chyka
- *Life* (2015), as Roger Love
- *Somewhere Else Tomorrow* (2014), as Kristian Bruun, Producer
- *Dirty Singles* (2014), as English Man
- *Bang Bang Baby* (2014), as Helmut
- *The Doctor’s Case* (2013), as Dr. John Watson
- *Play the Film* (2013), as Alec Hess
- *Orphan Black* (2013), series, as Donald 'Donnie' Hendrix — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/orphan-black.md)
- *Blood Pressure* (2012), as Stu
- *Change of Plans* (2011), as Dennis
- *Air Hockey* (2005), as Hank
- *The Last Seder*, Acting

## Gallery

- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-78df6b1b7cf4.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Tristan Loper, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/23/Kristian_Bruun_2014_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kristian Bruun, actor, at the 2016 CFC Annual Gala & Auction](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-53b30a25a910.jpg) Kristian Bruun, actor, at the 2016 CFC Annual Gala & Auction — Sam Santos/George Pimentel Photography., CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Kristian_Bruun_2016.jpg/1280px-Kristian_Bruun_2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kristian Bruun speaking at the 2016 WonderCon in Los Angeles, California.](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-3044dcfe23a2.jpg) Kristian Bruun speaking at the 2016 WonderCon in Los Angeles, California. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Kristian_Bruun_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Kristian_Bruun_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Meilee Condron and Kristian Bruun attending the screening of her film Clouds at the 2018 Dances with Films Festival](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-48d8a6b5edbb.jpg) Meilee Condron and Kristian Bruun attending the screening of her film Clouds at the 2018 Dances with Films Festival — Seancondron, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Meilee_Condron_and_Kristian_Bruun_DWF.jpg/1280px-Meilee_Condron_and_Kristian_Bruun_DWF.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-be18532cb908.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Image via TMDB
- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-c083ce80530a.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Image via TMDB
- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-cf625116a001.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Image via TMDB
- ![Orphan Black cast members in 2014: Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-292760168295.jpg) Orphan Black cast members in 2014: Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany — Tristan Loper, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Orphan_black_0001.jpg/1280px-Orphan_black_0001.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Orphan Black cast members in 2014: Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-33b121d5b731.jpg) Orphan Black cast members in 2014: Ari Millen, Kristian Bruun, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dylan Bruce, Jordan Gavaris and Tatiana Maslany — Tristan Loper, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Orphan_black_0001_uncropped.jpg/1280px-Orphan_black_0001_uncropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-2ab94108f231.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Image via TMDB
- ![Kristian Bruun](https://film.one/media/person/640771/gallery-8d4c6655d6ae.jpg) Kristian Bruun — Image via TMDB

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